Connect to API

Chess-api is not available to all hosts. If you want to connect to the api you must add your host to "AllowedHosts" in appsetings.json.

C# users

Required NuGet packages

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Common

To create a new connection

private HubConnection GetHubConnection()
{
    return new HubConnectionBuilder()
        .WithUrl("https://chesswebapi20210509195304.azurewebsites.net/gamehub")
        .Build();
}

To start the connection

private Task StartConnection()
{
    connection = GetHubConnection();
    return connection.StartAsync();
}

JavaScript users

Required npm packages

• @microsoft/signalr

Before you start

• Install required package - open terminal in the project directory and type "npm install @microsoft/signalr".

• Include reference to signalr.js library in <script> element. For example:

<script src="~/lib/signalr/signalr.js"></script>

To create a new connection

const connection = new signalR.HubConnectionBuilder()
    .withUrl("https://chesswebapi20210509195304.azurewebsites.net/gamehub")
    .build();

To start the connection

await connection.start();